Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as the secular leader of the country, he is the one who openly said that close friendship with Jews is the «Azerbaijani way of life. Because of that and because of his unwavering policy of strategic cooperation with Israel, the Iranian regime personally threatened him, calling him “Rabbi Ilham Alef” and publishing antisemitic caricatures depicting Aliyev as a Jew • Full Story

The Jewish community in the Caucasus witnessed a remarkable and inspiring Shabbaton attended and led by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, and the prominent Zaharyaev family • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Leichter, Rabbi of the Jewish community of Sumgait, Azerbaijan, was honored to recite the Jewish prayer “Kel Maleh Rachamim” at an event attended by the country’s religious leaders commemorating the fall of the nation’s soldiers known as the ‘Shahidim – Martyrs” • Full Story, Photos